The German Greens have vowed to block the flagship spending package of election winner Friedrich Merz, turning up the heat on the next chancellor as he races to secure support for his plan to rescue Europe’s largest economy and invest in its security.
Senior party officials on Monday said they would reject Merz’s plan to create a €500bn infrastructure fund and change the country’s limits on debt to allow unlimited borrowing to fund defence.
Their stance risks depriving Merz, leader of the Christian Democrats (CDU), of the two-thirds super majority he needs in the German parliament next Tuesday, when MPs will be asked to approve the changes.